Cinema 4D Tutorial: Two Ways to Cache or Bake Particle Simulations

This is a follow up to my last tutorial (bit.ly/1pI8r4z) In this one I'll show you a couple different ways to bake or cache your particle simulations in Cinema 4D. Each has their own advantages. Hope this helps out!
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[@user-we1wz5os8b]

excellent tutorial even in 2024. Still save my life!

[@yeveni]

Perfect! This worked, I was trying to cache dynamic objects from the emitter and it still works in 2023. Just a tiny issues was that when my cloned object is inside a subdivision surface, the dynamics didn't work, but by removing and adding the SDS as the parent of the cloner it totally works 👌

[@Stiegosaurus]

I was looking to figure out exactly how to bake emitters or cloner based emitters so I could use metaballs and other such effects. You answered everything perfectly!! Thanks for the help!

[@aspirante.a.vagabundo]

Thanks again! I could never get to those tips without your help.

[@vkipnistube]

your advice saved my life, thanks a lot!

[@ColinBrain]

One thing I was having trouble overcoming was emitting objects with dynamics and then wanting to bake a specific frame into individual editable objects but any time I tried to convert anything into editable it reset the emitter/dynamics. The cloner tool work around worked a treat. Thanks!!

[@RadRost]

Had same trouble, this video solved it.

[@greentokyo]

Thanks! The second method totally solved the problem with octane not showing particles being rendered!

[@xllcc8501]

That's impressive. Never thought this way. Thank you

[@matthewpaquette]

This was huge! Thank you!

[@RadRost]

Amazing! This just saved my day!

[@Andriuha49378]

Thank you, what a great and quick solution!

[@milindachandrarathne8076]

Very useful tutorial. Thanks!

[@DanielLuzster]

Really handy work around, thanks!

[@romangulyaev2383]

Ty very much! The second way enabled me to use emitter object + dynamics (rigid body\collider) in e3d.

[@dovic2588]

Bro, you're a life saver. My Arnold couldn't render the emitted objects in my render queue, even though it could render in IPR. So, the second trick with the Cloner actually works like magic.

[@thepixellab2011]

Glad it helped!!

[@albancontrepois]

Very well explained thanks mate

[@blancoyred6392]

Just wat I needed. Thanks!

[@worem2192]

I had to render 3 times my scene because of random particle emitter, never again with this knowledge, you just saved me a lot of time, thanks

[@thepixellab2011]

Glad I could help!

[@artkiko4460]

So Helpful. Thank you!

[@Lawrence00000]

Thanks heaps dude saved my project :)

[@spss33]

Thanks dude!Helps a lot!!!!

[@Rivental]

Thank you so mutch!

[@TOP2BOXFarsi]

Perfect Dude 😍👌🌺🌺

[@hamatoioshi]

I love you man!

[@Kaboombg]

Thank you!

[@EffingtonCouldBe]

Would this approach apply to C4d version 2023? I see a "cache tool" under Simulate dropdown, but I'm lost after that. ☺

[@vid828]

Serioulsy helpful

[@OzivandoFernandes]

Thaaaaank you, man!!

[@KrissLafay]

For those who need to export GLTF : 1. Export the baked sequence in a file with mograph cache (Mograph bake on cloner > Choose folder > Export cache to file) 2. Alembic instant the Cloner (before playing sequence or it's bug) 3. Profit

[@HellaBAD]

Hi- I'm having trouble with this. Everything seems to work fine until the step where I need to save out the alembic. I've tried many of the menu items like "Bake as Alembic" and "Bake as Alembic + Delete", but it just creates an Alembic Null and none of the geometry is saved or editable - any chance do you have a link to a KZbin video or a clearer tutorial for this?

[@canoksas2979]

ur awesome ty!

[@luigiperilli9791]

Molto utile! Ciao!

[@pedrogarciapintos7317]

genious

[@drew_tree]

thx plab very much

[@ofcourse88]

an how to bake the dynamics animation of the emitter to be maked editable? any thoughs?

[@menakhovsky]

God bless you

[@user-ib3iz2mf3x]

非常感谢！

[@jesstrang5085]

Great tutorial! Too bad it did not explain how to convert the emitter and clones to keyframes....

[@TheDripGodz]

I’m going crazy man

[@leomac1829]

can i replace the particles for music notes animation ?

[@WalrusesAreTheOne]

for some reason the animation doesn't stick when I export as fbx.

[@hsan.1951]

what's the reason and need for caching simulations?

[@canyoupleaserunfast]

the bake particles in my case didn't work at all. the cloner did though!

[@cesarzaffa3599]

How can I loop that animation?

[@bil_chamberlin]

Whaaaaaat? Thanks

[@mehmetpolat6738]

thank you nice tutorial but then I save it as fbx format after merge fbx file not working

[@mindbendingcgi2113]

animation can be used as alembic .abc format not fbx

[@hyperinternational8186]

starts at 1:40

[@1000_O]

whats the point of going thru all the '' you might thought this would work but it doesn't'... ???

[@nemozneveci5352]

Thank you!